Definition for Flattering:

• Pleasing to pride or vanity; partial.

Synonyms for Flattering:

• adj.

  •all (adjective)
  • flattering.
  •congratulatory (adjective)
  • celebratory,
  • more celebratory,
  • most celebratory.
  •courtly (adjective)
  • most high bred,
  • most adulatory,
  • high bred,
  • preuxer,
  • more high bred,
  • preuxest,
  • more high-bred,
  • urbane,
  • most high-bred,
  • High-bred,
  • preux,
  • formal,
  • re fined,
  • more adulatory.
  •fawning (adjective)
  • more cowering,
  • more sycophant,
  • more sniveling,
  • more kowtowing,
  • more scraping,
  • most scraping,
  • most cowering,
  • most kowtowing,
  • most sniveling,
  • most brownnosing,
  • more bowing,
  • fawning,
  • most bootlicking,
  • more brownnosing,
  • most bowing,
  • sub-missive,
  • more sycophantic,
  • mealy mouthed,
  • most sycophant,
  • most sycophantic,
  • more bootlicking,
  • sub missive.
  •flattering (adjective)
  • Cajoling,
  • kowtowing,
  • adulating,
  • Idolizing.
  •fulsome (adjective)
  • insincere.
  •honeyed (adjective)
  • honeyed,
  • candied.
  •hopeful (adjective)
  • promiseful,
  • well timed.
  •specious (adjective)
  • most beguiling,
  • un-sounder,
  • un sounder,
  • more sophistical,
  • un-truest,
  • un-soundest,
  • un truest,
  • un truer,
  • in accurate,
  • most sophistical,
  • most casuistic,
  • more casuistic,
  • in correct,
  • un-truer,
  • un-sound,
  • un sound.
  •sugary (adjective)
  • Sacchariferous,
  • most sacchariferous,
  • most syrupy,
  • more syrupy,
  • glacer,
  • more sacchariferous,
  • glacest.

• n.

  •
  • appealing,
  • delightful,
  • captivating,
  • stunning,
  • nice-looking,
  • knockout,
  • lovely,
  • eye-catching,
  • adorable,
  • beguiling.
  •
  • exhilarating,
  • good,
  • joyous,
  • cheerful,
  • uplifting,
  • satisfying,
  • heartwarming,
  • beautiful,
  • life-affirming,
  • attractive,
  • joyful,
  • pleasing.
  •
  • congratulatory,
  • glowing.
  •becoming (noun)
  • becoming.
  •complimentary (noun)
  • complimentary.
  •flattery (noun)
  • honeyed words,
  • plaudits,
  • jives,
  • ingratiation,
  • ingratiations,
  • hokum,
  • fulsomeness,
  • cajolery,
  • Cajoleries,
  • unctuousness,
  • jive,
  • soft words,
  • sycophancies,
  • Toadyism,
  • flummery,
  • obsequiousness,
  • eyewash,
  • eyewashes,
  • soft-soap,
  • sycophancy,
  • pretty speech.

• v.

  •flattering (verb)
  • Extolling,
  • Glorifying,
  • complimenting.
  •imitating (verb)
  • pretending,
  • portraying,
  • replicating,
  • mocking,
  • copying,
  • Resembling,
  • miming,
  • Simulating,
  • Duplicating,
  • Emulating,
  • Impersonating,
  • feigning,
  • Mimicking,
  • parroting,
  • Counterfeiting,
  • reflecting,
  • echoing,
  • Mirroring,
  • Imitating,
  • Aping,
  • Parodying,
  • Paralleling,
  • repeating.
  •praising (verb)
  • exalting,
  • praising,
  • Endorsing,
  • dignifying,
  • Commending,
  • Recommending,
  • sanctioning,
  • approving,
  • acclaiming,
  • admiring,
  • Applauding,
  • Eulogizing.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • glowingly.
  •
  • critical,
  • scornful.
  •unctuous
  • oily.

Paraphrases for Flattering:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    complimentary.

• Independent

  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    gratifying, becoming.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    Flattered.

Antonyms for Flattering:

• adj.

  • all
    unflattering.

• p. pr. & vb. n.

  • Other antonyms:
    uncomplimentary.

Flattering Sentence Examples:

• She perceived no more in the face at that moment, because the man, as he looked up at her, became nothing but a dazzled mirror from which was reflected back to her the most flattering image of her own appearance.

• His uncle called him his beloved son, Mary spoke to him in the most flattering manner, and Mr. Van de Werve shook hands with him cordially.